The Government seeks to expand the “Sea Toll” Program to bring more benefit for the people, the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut B. Pandjaitan has said. “The Government will also provide more tax allowance and tax holiday for industries that are built in the eastern part of Indonesia to meet the needs […]

The Indonesian Government is to issue travel restrictions policy which will come into effect on Sunday 8 March 2020 at 00.00 Western Indonesian Time (GMT +7) and affirmed its commitment to monitor the report of development of coronavirus (Covid-19) from the World Health Organization (WHO). “Based on report from the WHO, there is a significant […]

In a bid to make tourism industry one of Indonesia’s economic growth drivers, the Government has renewed its committment to continue providing its support for ten National Tourism Strategic Areas (KSPN) known as ” the New Bali”, including Manado-Bitung-Likupang in North Sulawesi Province. In accordance with Presidential Regulation Number 3 of 2016, the Government provides […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo instructed his cabinet ministers to focus on increasing added value of sea toll program for regional economy. “I noted that sea transportation only accounts for 0.3% of our overall GDP,” President Jokowi stated at a limited meeting on the Acceleration of Sea Toll Program at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, Thursday (5/3). […]

Indonesian Government has added 37 more hospitals to handle cases of COVID-19 virus, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy has said. According to Muhadjir, there were 100 appointed hospitals before the addition. The total number of hospitals has increased to 137, he said, adding that some private-owned hospitals have offered their services […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo calls for accelerated poverty alleviation to be carried out in a consolidated and integrated manner. “We know that based on Central Statistics Agency (BPS) data, we have managed to reduce poverty rate from 11.22% in 2015 to 9.22% in September 2019. This below 10 percent figure is great achievement, but our […]

Secretary of the Directorate General for Disease Control and Prevention of Ministry of Health, who is also a newly-appointed spokesperson for coronavirus-related matters, Achmad Yurianto said that Covid-19 virus needs living cell to survive, as parasite needs living plant to survive. “Parasite can survive if the tree survives. Once the tree is dead, the parasite […]

The 2020 Working Meeting of Ministry of Trade is set to focus on procedure relaxation and acceleration in order to ease the licensing process in trade sector, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “We will discuss business licensing procedures. Convoluted and burdensome procedures should be trimmed,” President Jokowi said in his remarks at the 2020 […]

Global economy faces a more serious challenge since trade war shows no signs of abating and the outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19) is also affecting the economy, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “Trade war has not been resolved, yet corona virus outbreak worsens the global economy and politics,” President Jokowi said in his directives at […]

Democracy often solves various problems in the country, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung has said. “Problems related to ethnicity, religion, and other sensitive issues are the things that make our democracy more mature,” Pramono said in Jakarta, Wednesday (4/3).